Necktie clasp



E. A. KOHOUT NECKTIE CLASP Oct. 11, 1949.

Filed July 12, 1946 Inventor ELIE-ENE El. Iii-2mm Patented Oct. 11, 1949 UNITED STATES PAT 0151 4 2,484,112

NE KTIE CLASP Eugene ArKohout, Miami, Fla.- p e mo ia-1 1 2, 1946, Serial No. 683,080

2 Claims.

This invention relates to, improvements, in necktie clasps.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved necktie clasp which will be slidably supported on the front edge of a shirt front to clamp the tail of a necktie against the front of the shirt, and a pin fastener supported by said clasp for engaging the rear layer of the front of the tie to hold the same close to the tail of the tie.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved necktie clasp comprising spaced clip arms secured together at one end and formed with flared entrance ends in which the tail of a necktie and the shirt front will be slipped, together with an inverted U-shaped pin fastener extending through the front clip arm to pierce the rear layer of the front of the tie to hold the same close to the tail of the tie whereby said clasp will be hidden from sight b the front of the tie.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved necktie clasp which will be highly efficient in use and relatively inexpensive to manufacture and produce.

Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved necktie clasp;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the improved necktie clasp, and

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Like characters of reference are used throughout the following specification and the accompanying drawings to designate corresponding parts.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a pair of cooperating interconnected clip arms I and 2 comprising respectively the spaced parallel bars 3 and 4, and 5 and 6, whose lead or entrance ends are extended outwardly at a slight angle to form a V-shaped entrance for slipping the clip over a shirt front 1 and the tail 8 of a necktie. The inner ends of the clip arms I and 2 are curved to engage each other "and are also bowed at their inner ends, and are fastened together by the head clamp 9.

The upper bar 5 of the forward clip 2 is formed with the spaced vertical apertures 10 and II which are connected together by the groove l2, and support the inverted U-shaped pin fastener l3. The cross portion or base of the pin fastener l3 extends flush with the top of the bar 5, while the arms of the pin fastener extend through the apertures Ill and II and a slight distance below the bar 6, so that the prongs may stick into the rear layer M of the front l5 of the necktie, being wholly concealed by said front of the tie.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that there has been provided a highly efilcient form of necktie clasp.

While the preferred embodiment of the instant invention has been illustrated and described, it will be understood that it is not intended to limit the scope of the invention thereto, as many minor changes in detail of construction may be resorted to without departure from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure b Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A necktie clasp for attaching a necktie to the front pleat of a garment near the edge thereof while concealed behind the necktie, comprising two elongated clamping members joined and resiliently held against each other for gripping between them the front pleat of the garment and the tail section of the tie, said members when seated extending substantially in a longitudinal direction at right angles to the edge of the front pleat, the elongated front clamping member being provided with a pair of transversely directed holes at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the elongated clamping member, a U-shaped double pin member with its two pins joined by a yoke and. provided with pointed ends, said pins being of a length exceeding the width of the front clamping member, said double pin member being held in the holes of the front member in a transverse position with the pins running across the front of the front member and their points projecting over the edge of the same to engage the back strip of the front section of the tie in a longitudinal direction.

2. A necktie clasp for attaching a necktie to the front pleat of a garment near the edge thereof, while concealed behind the necktie, comprising two elongated clamping members, each consisting of two parallel longitudinal bars, joined at their outer ends by outwardly bent transverse members, two corresponding bars of the two elongated clamping members being joined at their inner ends over resilient bent portions, holding the adjacent bars of the two members in substantially parallel gripping positions, for

gripping between them the front :pleat of the garment and the tail section of the tie, the upper bar member, and running transversely at rightangles to the two bars over the front side of Y the front clamping member with the points of the said pins projecting over the lower bar and engaging the back strip of the front section of the tie in a longitudinal direction.

A. KOHOUT.

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